Neophyte vs Novice - What's the difference?
neophyte | novice |
A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
A novice (recent convert), a new convert or proselyte, a new monk.
(Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.
(biology) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
(senseid)(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
* 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian , Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137:
Novice is a synonym of neophyte.
As nouns the difference between neophyte and novice
is that neophyte is a beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief while novice is a beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.neophyte
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* See alsoReferences
* Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.Anagrams
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(en noun)- I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers wouldn't make.
- Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice , chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead [...].
